The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-08-20

Well, dem chillum all grow up tergedder
un purt soon dat tree conna'd game COM
mence ter get played. One day, l min,
Wien Marse David wuz er boy l hyah ole
Marse Harmon say ter i'm: Son, yo'
beta tu'n yo' min ter de law; yo' gwine
need dat some day ter take keer yo'sef with
heah sides dat yo' gifts, an Denominations
pint dat way
So aftah he schoolin' wuz ober Marse
| David gin ter larn de law, but Marse Will
lum play de gent'm an dey bofe gin
pesterin' aftah Miss Myra in EARNEST. AM,
honey, dey wuz mighty sprucious chaps.
Mebby Marse David leetle de tales, but
Marse Willum he wuz 'mazin' takin', sho'.
Well, bout dat time de Kunnel he make er
trip ter Charleston, and when he tu'n up at
home ergin he fotch er pow'ful fine New
founlin' pup wuth UNI.
Den, honey, de triberatin' sot in; triber-
latin fur de Kunnel an me, an triberlatin'
fur dat tree conna'd game OBJ Tub. De
Kunncl an me we got de bgges' shere at
fus'. He name dat pup de Duke OBJ Eden
bug, an l 'claar, chile, I SPARED of'en
OBJ eber gittin' i'm raised up ter de
yeahs OBJ descrushion! 'Peared like he
jis' gwine dig up de hole plantation
an chaw de souf side out OBJ de town en-
spite oh us! But me an de Kunnul stuck
ter UNI, an de shine dat de Kunnul tuck ter
dat pup hit neber glib out. l CLAIR, some
times ct seem like de Kunnul sot mo- sto'
by de Duke dan he own souli
Well, one day de Duke got pizen somewha'
| an come home err whizzen. l neber see
sech runnin'! He eyes dey wuz stickin' out
an dey wuz green, an he struck er circle
en- de front ya'd an en- err mnnet dat va d
| hit jes' seem ter bile. He run ser fas' he
| eyelids wuZ blowed rite back onter de
forred an he yeas look mo'en two foot
long an de hole pup bout ten foot. De
| Kunnul he wuz will but it wuz no use, dat
pup jes' KEEP er whzzin' en- dat circle, with
| de air full oh dirt an shrubs an roots an
| leaves, twell he strike er focus i'll de mid
die an drap. Den we po'ed melted lard
down i'm an rubbed lin all obber with
camfah, an l mos sho de Kunnul he cried
ober I'm, too. Me an de Kunnul sot up all
dat night an nussed UNI, an de neX' day
dat pup dug up hole bed OBJ injgons down
in de truck patch an cyarried Miss Myra's
bes' bonnet out an buried ct en- de garden
But de Kunnul he jis laff he ser glad dat
Duke OBJ Edenbu'g well ergin.
Well, little while aftah dat de Duke fell
inter de ciste'n. Dat wuz er trlbulation sho'
huff. De Kunnul run mos distract dat
!
ce'tain dat pup gwine drown he jis' rip er
boa'd off de fence an slide down hit inter
de ciste'n. l neber furgit dat! ser scat
jis' drop onter my knees by de mouf OBJ
dat dak dungeons caborn an pray fur de
Lawd ter sabe dat pup, an'-an'-de Kun
null Well, He did, dough ct wuz ser da k
L couldn' see how de myracle am did.
Den tereckly aftah dat de Duke he got de
| insects an de scratches, an de Kunnul tell
| me ter pla3tah um with buttah an red per-
supity. done hit; but honey, doan yo'
eber do ct with dat pup OBJ yo'n, caise two
days aftah | plast'd de Duke der wuzn' err
ibin' hair on UNI but he eyewunkers! He
de mos sta'tlin' lookin' creetah yo' eber
see? De fus' time he come up ter me aftah
dat er blinkin' he eyes an wagglin' he hair
less tail | jes' tuck ter my heels, an all
King Gawg's oxen couldn' aheld me!
But de Duke he blossom out aftah dat; he
| grow de fines crop of hair OBJ any beas en-
dem pawts, an Wien he git ter or yeah ole
| he highs big as err OK. De Kunnul js' sot
he eyes by 'um, an Miss Myra she mighty
tuck with UNI, fur dat Duke he jes' ma CHI
roun' with Ter livery wha' as if he own 'er
en- de hole ya'th. But he didn' like Marse
| Willum an he like Marse David, an dat de
fus' triberlation en- dat Tub game. Befo' he
got growed up he jes' pay no 'tention ter it.
but aftah he get raired up ter de yeahs OBJ
| descreeshun, l CLAIR, l BELIEF he tax mo-
inte'st en- it dan de old Mistess, an tell
ye she pow'ful pestered bout it.
Yo' see, honey, dat game hit git hottah
an hottah all de time; hit jis seem
nip an tuck, nip and tuck, twix'
dem two sprucious young chaps De
old Mistess an he Kunnul dey kin'er
| +osI l.;
I'spec' caise he folks ser rich an come
uppity, but Miss Myra tink she take jis'
| leetle de mos ter Marse David, dough, |
CLAIR, belieb dat chile like dem chaps ser
had she jes' breakin' her hat caise she
can not myarry UNI bofe!
Well, de Duke he jis keep takin' mo- an
| mo- inte'est en- de scrape, twell aftah while
hit git ser bad dat Wen it come Marse
Willum's tu'n ter visit Miss Myra en- de
| ebenin', we hab ter chain i'm in de back
| ya'd ter keep i'm fun eatin' Marse Willum
up. But wen hit come Marse Davd's tu'n
| dat dawg jes' roll en- de flower beds, IAN
ba'k an cave an jump onter Marse David
| an lick he hams an face like all persessed,
| an dat make hit poW'ful had an tribe ria
cious fur Miss Myra
Den one ebenin' | notis' Marse David he
| come down de big steps an go way mighty
| yarley, an wen | go en- de house l see Miss
Myra look awful white an trubbled like,
an tink ter myself now Marse Willum
| goin' ter win,' an feel pow'ful bad bout
| dat caise cawnt hep likin' Marse David
de bes' no way.
| Den Marse David he quit comm, an we
hab ter keep dat Duke jis' chained up all
de while caise he jis git will. But Miss
Myra she not low Marse Willum ter come
berry often elder, an pears like cherry ting
| goin' crossways in dat house.
Well, one ebenin dat Tub game hit come
ter er teetotal Eruption. Eft happen de night
de stage come en- fun Cha'lston an de Kun
null sont me in fur de mail. l min ct wuz
moonlight, an l met Marse Willum gon'
| toa'des de Kunnuls, an fo' long l met
Marse David goin' kin'er dat way, too
| But, chile, doan' yo' neber mistrus' but
what tings wuz upset some wien l git back
ter dat house ergln! De Duke he jis went
clean out OBJ he senses hit pears dat night
wen Marse Willum come, an tore an
raved an broke he chain an come rite
roun' inter de front ya'd Xix err wounded
lion, an wien l come he wuz layin' da' on
dc walk wuth er bullet hole fro ne brain,
an Marse Willum wuz talkn' at de
| top OBJ he voice, an de Kun
null wuz cha'gin' an Yellin' dat he
goin ter murder i'm fur KILN de